Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit
by dcosson on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:30AM
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Is the keyboard that bad that sticking with 2015 is worth it? For just about the same price the 2017's seem to have significantly faster SSD's by some benchmarks, a thinner form factor, slightly faster RAM and maybe a tiny perf boost from Kaby Lake. I don't expect to use the touchbar much but I don't see it being an issue either, I already map escape to capslock.
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Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit
by Xixi on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:59PM
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It's a matter of taste: I personally love the keyboard, much better in my opinion than the one of my old MacBook Air, or any other keyboard I've used in fact. But it took me a while to get used to it. However I would not be surprised to see it die prematurely: be careful not to stick something (food...) under a key!
The touchbar is entirely useless though. I've mapped the escape key to capslock, not doing so would have driven me insane.
Re:Toshiba to Close the Book on Its Laptop Unit
by kalleboo on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @02:38AM
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If you need a reliable machine then yes it is.
I actually like the feel of the new keyboard but the "J" key is busted and compressed air isn't cutting it anymore so I'm going to have to send my main laptop off for a week which is a huge disturbance in my work flow (gotta set up the backup Mac)